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mplayer dependencies

I use slackware 10.2 and i want to install mplayer. Is there a way to find and install all mplayer dependencies in one package? If i install from the source does it make a difference?

You can build it yourself from source like this.

You need to download essential-20061022.tar.bz2 and MPlayer-1.0rc1.tar.bz2 files from the MPlayer site (read the instructions on the site for more information).

The content of essential-20061022.tar.bz2 goes in /usr/local/lib, then make a symbolic link from essential-20061022 to codecs in that directory:

Code:

cd /usr/local/lib

bunzip2 -c ${PATH-TO_FILE}/essential-20061022.tar.bz2 | tar -xvf -

ln -s essential-20061022 codecs

The content of MPlayer-1.0rc1.tar.bz2 goes in /usr/local/src.

Then

Code:

bunizp2 -c ${PATH-TO-FILE}/MPlayer-1.0rc1.tar.bz2 | tar -xvf -



cd MPlayer-1.0rc1

configure

make

make install

That will install MPlayer in the /usr/local tree. If you want it somewhere else, use the --prefix= argument to configure.

Dear tronayne
Thanx a million! I did it and mplayer is now working!

Glad to know that -- enjoy!